"There are still four teams of sentinels who have gone out and haven't come back, but it's not uncommon for them to be two days late!"

"That's not right! It's not that simple! Lao Hui shook his head.

The little leader didn't dare to say anything, Lao Huihui hesitated for a moment, and ordered the soldiers behind him: "You go and call Hu Wang, and ask him to bring twenty clever brothers to explore the way to the east, no matter what you see, you must come back before tonight." ”

"Yes!" The soldier answered, turned and left quickly. The old man turned around and walked briskly towards the camp in the eye of the Grim. Seeing that the old man had returned, a few little minions at the gate of the camp leaned over, and one boldly asked: "Boss, the big boss is like this early in the morning, isn't there any phlegm again!" ”

"Shut up!" The little leader scolded: "Everything that doesn't know how to die, call me up and bring some stones!" ”

"Yes!" The voices of the little minions who touched the frieze were full of frustration.

As soon as he pushed open the door, Lao Hui was furrowed by the strong smell of wine inside, although he did not prohibit alcohol like the pious ******, but his habits since childhood still made him not like the smell of spirits so much, he was a complete drunkard, and the two of them could come together, it can only be said that it was the arrangement of fate.

Lao Hui walked into the tent, and the floor was full of wine jugs, plates, and all kinds of utensils, and he had to be careful not to step on one of them. Geriyan was lying on a mess of fur, snoring loudly, holding a woman in his arms, a white greasy arm stretched out, white and dazzling.

"Brother He! Brother He! Lao Hui raised his voice, but Ge Liyan replied with a snoring voice, and Lao Hui Hui, whose patience had been drained, picked up a wine jug from the ground and poured the remnants of wine on Ge Liyan's head.

"Oops, it's cold!" The cold remnants of wine woke up Grimeye, and he jumped up from the pile of furs and pushed the woman in his arms aside. The startled woman found a stranger in the tent and screamed.

"Brother Ma, why are you here!" He looked at the sky outside and asked, "Is there something wrong with the hour?" ”

"Something is wrong!" Lao Hui whispered, he glanced at the woman next to him, Ge Liyan immediately understood, he turned his head and scolded: "Stinky woman." Shut up and get out, the lord has something important! ”

The woman shut up in fear, sobbing and picking up her clothes to cover her naked body and running out of the tent. Lao Hui said in a low voice: "Wu Chunke, who is collecting food, is almost two days late, and there are several teams of sentry spies who have not come back!" ”

"You mean there are officers and soldiers?" Grim was fully conscious, and he found a random piece of clothing to put on himself, and picked up the saber next to his pillow.

"I don't know!" Lao Hui said in a low voice: "The team of anti-autumn soldiers who came to Huanxian County a few days ago was guarding the city and not going anywhere, I always felt that something was wrong." I've sent a team of sentries out to make sure they're back by tonight. ”

"What's wrong!" Ge Li smiled and said: "If the top is not paid, the bottom will not sell their lives, and the old men will be urged." The general of the general army went to Huanxian County to deal with the errand, we are both from food eaters, and I don't know what is going on? ”

"That's the case, but this time it's different!" Lao Hui pointed to his left eye: "My eyelids are jumping so hard here." I always feel that something is going to happen, you listen to me this time, be careful! ”

"Good. I listen to you, brother! Ge Liyan dragged out his voice, at this time he was already dressed, picked up a clay pot on the ground and shook it, found that it was empty and threw it aside, and said with a smile: "If the food collector hasn't come back tonight, let's go west and lean against Cao Cao, it's okay!" “

"That's good, Cao Cao is clever and righteous, everyone has a good idea when they get together!"

Almost at the same time, in a leeward col, which was only more than four miles away from the camp of the thieves, a troop of about 1,000 troops was resting, and the soldiers drank and ate according to their troops, and it was absolutely forbidden to light fires, and everyone could only nibble on the dry food they carried with them and drink the water in their skins. Except for the sound of eating, chewing, and clashing weapons, no one spoke, and the air was filled with the smell of impending war.

Du Guoying was struggling to deal with a piece of jerky, the rough surface of the jerky was grayish-black, and the dotted white spots were salted traces. Every autumn the tribes of the steppe slaughter most of their livestock, leaving only a part of the necessary breeding stock - in winter, there is not enough hay, rather than let them be emaciated and starved to death, it is better to slaughter and salt, as part of the winter ration, and by the way, save fodder to survive the cold winter. This batch of jerky was part of the many goods used by Batur Khan to offset the arms arrears, and Liu Cheng distributed them as rations for the rapid march. However, these dried meat smoked from cow dung tastes terrible, and if they are not cooked, they are almost indistinguishable from dry wood. Du Guoying wasted a lot of effort, and finally gave up in despair, he raised his head and saw the envious eyes of the soldiers on the side, snorted coldly, and threw the dried meat to the other party: "Do you want it?" That's up to you! “

"Thank you, sir!" The soldier hurriedly took the jerky, and Du Guoying sneered: "Don't thank me, be careful of breaking your teeth!" “

"Don't worry, my lord, I've even gnawed the bark, this thing is cut into small pieces, soaked in water and soft, but unfortunately can't be lit, otherwise it's better to cook soup and throw a few pieces down!" The soldiers carefully found a clean stone and prepared to cut the meat. Du Guoying stood up and shouted loudly with some irritability: "What about taking off or not?" That Sao Tartar led a few hundred cavalry to go ahead of the Chinese army, but there is no news yet! “

"It's always here!" With the sound of the news, the four knights rushed to the mountain pass, and the man at the head jumped off the horse, walked quickly in front of Du Guoying, bowed and saluted: "The last general will see your lord!" “

"Excuse me!" Du Guoying asked in a low voice, "How is the situation?" “

"I rushed here at the beginning of last night, divided my cavalry team into thirty horses, and killed several sentry sentries of thieves!" Speaking of this, Tokhtobuhua took a few steps closer, and said in a low voice: "Just now, my subordinates have knocked out a group of thieves' scouts, and from the confession, I learned that there are more than 2,000 thieves in the thief camp, and the thief leader will return to let them disperse and go west, no matter what, they must return to the camp before dark today!" “

"This old man is really cunning!" Du Guoying sneered, an old soldier like him naturally understood Lao Huihui's intention to do this: this is a common reconnaissance method used by the border army. If an enemy is approaching, whether the spies can escape or not, he will be able to determine whether an enemy is approaching until dark at the latest—if they don't return, they will encounter enemy troops. That is to say, even if the detachment does not spend all the time to extinguish this force of tanding, they will be found when the old man returns after dark at the latest.

"My lord, let's fight!" The sound of detachment is not loud, but Du Guoying can feel the power in it. Du Guoying hesitated for a while, and said in a low voice: "But the master has not arrived yet, will we do it first——? ”

"My lord, the master is in the back camp. In addition to the team, it is baggage, and when he arrives, he is afraid that it will be dark! The voice of the detachment did not become louder: "We are only four or five miles away from the thief camp here, and the cavalry is a matter of half a meal, and the thieves may find out here at any time. ”

In an instant, countless thoughts had flashed through Du Guoying's mind, and finally he gritted his teeth: "Okay, there is some wood on the ravine on the left." You take people to make some equipment, and I'll let the soldiers rest for a while, and attack at noon! ”

"Yes, sir!"

The camp of the old Hui Hui was set up on an earthen hill. There is a small mountain temple on the mound, which became the residence of the old Hui Hui and Ge Liyan, and the east and south sides of the mound are a steep slope two or three zhang high, and the north side is against the hill that blocks the wind. The only passable west side is a stone river beach, which is in the middle of the river in a dry day, and there is a trickle about ten paces wide in the middle of the river, where the people and horses in the village drink water. In order to defend against possible attacks. The thieves dug a trench about six feet wide and five feet deep on the bank of the river, and piled up the excavated earth on the inner side of the trench to form a mound more than four feet high, because of the lack of timber, the guards did not erect a fence on the earthen rampart, but instead put some baskets and straw bags full of earth, and left two gaps about two feet wide in the trench, as the camp gate, on both sides of the camp gate were high watchtowers, and the metallic luster reflected by the tip of the spear could be faintly seen from a distance.

At lunchtime, Lao Huihui summoned the big and small leaders to talk about the camp in the evening, and when everyone retreated, he thought for a while, and pressed an ominous premonition in his heart, none of the sentry spies sent yesterday had returned, which was not a good sign, he was almost sure that the officers and soldiers were not far from him, but how many enemies there were, and who the main general was, still did not know.

"Brother Ma! What's wrong, frowning? Are you still worried about the sentry? Ge Li, who was sitting on the side, said puzzledly, although he was equal to Lao Huihui in terms of status, but whether it was prestige or age, Lao Huihui was higher than him, so he didn't speak when he was deploying military affairs, just sat aside and listened quietly.

"The officers and soldiers must have been close, and no sentry has returned so far!" Lao Hui said in a low voice: "I'm afraid it's too late to get to Cao Cao's side." “

"So what do you say?"

"Let's defend the village here, and at the same time send someone to Cao Cao for help, maybe we can survive in the dead!"

"I think this is a good idea!" Ge Liyan patted his thigh: "We don't know the officers and soldiers yet, and those who are willing to work hard will be the little personal soldiers under the master, and the rest will follow behind to fight a tailwind, and if they win, they will rush up to see if they can cut off their heads and receive some rewards, and if they lose, they will scatter in a hurry." Let's guard the stockade, and the first few will be beaten down in the back, and when Cao Cao comes, we can still fight a big victory with the inside and outside! “

"I don't dare to think about winning!" Lao Huihui shook his head, pointed to his left eyelid and said: "I dance here very well, it must be no good thing, you pick a capable baby, with two good 'wind sons', go and come back quickly!" “

"Okay!" Ge Liyan answered, walked out quickly, and after about half a cup of tea, he came back and said with a smile: "Brother Ma, don't worry, I have already sent out, the best Fengzi, the most capable baby, you can't make a mistake!" ”

Lao Huihui breathed a sigh of relief, the two sat down and gossiped some gossip, and a small leader suddenly rushed in from outside, and said urgently: "Boss, it's not good!" ”

Lao Huihui and Ge Liyan stood up and rushed outward, and just when they arrived at the gate of the village, they saw a young man lying on the ground, who was one of the two messengers sent out. Lao Hui pushed others away and asked, "Baby, what's the matter?" ”

"Chief, there are officers and soldiers, many officers and soldiers, some people are lying in ambush in the grass and beating me with birds!" The young man's face twitched painfully, the blood stains on his waist were rapidly expanding, Lao Hui reached out and touched it, his palm was full of warm and fishy feeling, he raised his head and shouted loudly: "Come on, carry it down and bandage it!" ”

The young man struggled to let people take him away, his eyes were already distracted, and he just said: "Officers and soldiers, officers and soldiers!" Seeing this, Geli was anxious and asked: "You only said the officers and soldiers, where are the officers and soldiers!" ”

"Over there!" The young man pointed to the other side of the river, and the old man looked in the direction of his finger, just in time to see a dense row of spear tips slowly rising from below the horizon on the opposite bank.

On the steep slope on the other side of the river, Du Guoying pulled out his waist knife and shouted: "Drumming! In several places on the riverbank, at the same time the drums thundered, the Ming army's marching teams appeared in columns on the riverbank, and then spread out along the riverbank, the sun shone on the armor and weapons of the soldiers, a shining, people could not open their eyes, under the rumbling drums, the soldiers shouted in unison, "Kill!" Kill! The sound of drums and shouts of killing mingled together, and the sound was resounding.

"Are you going to go out of the camp to fight?" Grim asked in a low voice.

"That's it!" Lao Hui looked back at his subordinates on the left and right, and found that everyone's faces were pale, and their hearts had been taken away by the other party. “

"Okay, I'll let the brothers all go to the earthen base!" Gary was very satisfied with Lao Huihui's answer, and immediately turned around and scolded.

On the riverbank, Du Guoying saw that the thieves did not come out of the camp to meet the battle, and sighed a little disappointed: "I thought they would come out to meet the cavalry if they didn't see it!" “

The detachment on the side said: "This is to blame the general, the soldiers are so well-armored and weaponized, how dare the thieves go out of the camp to meet the battle!" “

Du Guoying couldn't help but shake his head and laugh when he heard this: "You are so bold, you even dare to make jokes about the master, do you have itchy skin?" ”

"Don't be afraid, the master is not the kind of person with a small belly!" Totobuhua smiled and said: "As long as this battle is won, the master will not bother to care about these little things!" (To be continued.) )

PS: In the discussion area, some book friends asked to take out the preparation of the protagonist's troops separately to introduce it, Weber thought about it, and felt that it was not good, after all, this is not a systematic text, the data serves the plot, not the plot serves the data, and the plot needs will be mentioned one after another, and this is also an initial preparation, and it will change with the increase of the protagonist's resources. As for the name, I think it is better to call the battalion than the team, because at that time, the battalion generally represented the largest tactical corps, which had cavalry and firearms, and could undertake the task of an independent combat direction. The protagonist's unit is just a smaller team composite unit, with no cavalry and no support fire (the protagonist doesn't have artillery yet, but there will definitely be later.) It's just a unit on the front, and it can't take on independent combat missions. Finally, you have to reward the monthly pass!